Two teammates from Clayton (N.C.) High School are among the 35 players from across the nation have been named to the 2006 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School Scholar All-America Team.

Defender Ridge Pruitt and midfielder Jeffrey Shapiro are the only players from the same boys team to earn this honor this year. To be selected, a player must have exhibited excellence in high school soccer; carry at least a 3.75 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) throughout his/her career; be nominated by his high school head coach, who must be a current NSCAA member at the high school level; and be a graduating senior during the 2006-07 academic year.

The honorees were invited to the NSCAA All-America Luncheon, which was held on Saturday, Jan. 13, as part of the 2007 NSCAA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind.

2006 NSCAA/adidas Boys High School Scholar All-America Team

Goalkeepers
Name, School, Hometown
Alexander Benson, Red River High School, Grand Forks, N.D.
Zach Carr, Carmel High School, Carmel, Ind.
Jason Case, North Ridgeville High School, North Ridgeville, Ohio
Kyle Schauls, Waterloo West High School, Waterloo, Iowa
Nicholas Tsipis, St. Ignatius High School, Cleveland, Ohio

Defenders
Paul Atakpo, Westmoore High School, Moore, Okla.
Garrett Bireline, Marion High School, Marion, Ind.
Ryan Dowd, Green Hope High School, Cary, N.C.
Rick Furman, Christ Church Episcopal School, Greenville, S.C
Evan Harding, Webster Thomas High School, Webster, N.Y.
Alex McClure, St. Xavier High School, Louisville, Ky.
Ridge Pruitt, Clayton High School, Clayton, N.C.
Cooper Tilton, Col. Zadok Magruder High School, Rockville, Md.
Daniel Wallace, Norton High School, Norton, Ohio

Midfielders
Steve Arau, Crespi Carmelite High School, Encino, Calif.
Ryan Aweida, Broomfield High School, Broomfield, Colo.
Evan Chambers, Cardinal Newman High School, Santa Rosa, Calif.
William Russell Coleman, Norman North High School, Norman, Okla.
Gordon Crenshaw, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Va.
Aaron Gildner, Parkland High School, Allentown, Pa.
Carter Kaminski, Forest Lake Christian School, Auburn, Calif.
Michael Mateos, McIntosh High School, Peachtree City, Ga.
Mark Mazzone, Wellington High School, Wellington, Ohio
Jason Nacca, Greece Athena High School, Rochester, N.Y.
Issac Deter Rankin, Gaston Day School, Gastonia, N.C.
Jeffrey Shapiro, Clayton High School, Clayton, N.C.
Bobby Warshaw, Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Forwards
Alex Bonda, Orange High School, Pepper Pike, Ohio
Wesley Davis, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, Ohio
Michael Hatch, Chestatee High School, Gainesville, Ga.
Cameron Hogsett, McKinney High School, McKinney, Texas
Drew Knaub, Cheyenne Central High School, Cheyenne, Wyo.
Steven Perry, Bishop McGuinness High School, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mark Swartz, Bloom Carroll High School, Carroll, Ohio
Patrick Young, Sherwood High School, Sandy Spring, Md.

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